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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1965
Page
5
Point Pleasant council passed an ordinance restricting oil and gas drilling, requiring location permits and 1000 foot disclosure while limiting wells within 500 feet of buildings. Penalties range from 10 to 200 dollars per offense. one dissenting vote from Charles Cottrill.
Regular meeting of the Young Democrats Club is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the Mason County Courthouse. President Lawrence Plants says 1965 membership cards are available at the meeting or by calling officers. Plans include work with the PCE voting age group. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited. Bob Giegengack is in his 19th year as Yale track coach, previously coaching Fordham.
John Milhoan will manage the Gallipolis swimming pool and Cliff Wilson will be playground supervisor for the 1965 season. Both will be paid 65 dollars weekly. The Gallipolis Recreation Board re elected officers D. Kenneth Morgan, Harry Hamilton, and Mrs. J Gordon Gibert. Millard P Cassidy received concession rights at the pool and Memorial Field, handling stands and taking 32 percent of profits. Two high school boys will be employed to assist Wilson, who will pick them, with swimming instructors and lifeguards named including John Gibert, Frank Brady, Jim Magnussen, Nancy Lusk, Ann Darnbrough, and Anne Ford.
Nearly 300 square dancers and guests attended an invitational western style square dance at Building X in Point Pleasant. Kaiser Aluminum sponsored the event with Mrs. Frank West in charge of decorations and Curely Custer as caller. Local club host Kera Dudes and Dolls Square Dance Club partnered with Kaiser Aluminum as part of the plant recreation program. A door prize went to Mr and Mrs Lewis Duncan from South Charleston. Refreshments were served at 5 p.m. and the refreshments committee included Mary Jane Woodrum La von McCauley Bertie Woodrum Ruth Pestelli June Turner.
Michael Ray Plants Pliny Nancy Ellen Little Leon Leonard Dowell Mrs Mae Plants Point Pleasant Ron Fowlkes Point Pleasant Pleasant Valley hospital notes reference local individuals and places including Pleasant Valley and Point Pleasant with no clear events or dates provided.
Mrs Bertha Filson reviewed the book Prayer in Action at the World Day of Prayer gathering in the Presbyterian Church Friday. Mrs A O Smith welcomed, Mrs Bess Boyle Moore explained the offertory, with Mrs Richard Tatterson leading the program aided by Mrs Reece Nott. Belva Mae Farley sang The Lord's Prayer and Rev Gaston Boyle delivered the invocation.
Mason town council voted unanimously at a special meeting to pave about 30 000 feet of streets with a 20 foot wide black top surface financed by assessment bonds on each property. A protest meeting is set for March 29 at 7 30 p.m. in the city building. Mayor Dayton Raynes presided as officers including Mrs Charlotte Roush and councilmen Yeager Carson Wilson Foreman and Cook attended.
The Gallipolis Junior Women's Club will hold a rummage sale from 9 am to 5 pm Saturday in the old Farm Bureau building at Third Ave and Grape St. Proceeds support the club’s dental project for underprivileged county and city children.
Twenty two women in the New Haven area attended a March upholstery workshop led by Miss Wanda Stemple. The session covered reconstructing and covering stuffed chairs, tying springs, re-padding, and fabric replacement, with several chairs reupholstered for local residents.
Gill Barnette Mason County 4-H agent will speak at a Point Pleasant Women's Club meeting Friday at 7 45 p m in the Presbyterian Church dining room. Several 4-H club members will participate. The program is arranged by the Child Welfare Department with Mrs Lawrence Gerlach Jr chairman and Mrs C H Fisher co chairmen.
Two boys celebrated birthdays at the home of Mrs. Dana Nowlin, with Michael Keith Nowlin turning one and Brian Daniel turning three. Guests included Susan Amick, Shawn Wood, Angelia Garland, Bobby Safford, Lana Deal, Teresa Nowlin, and several family friends.
Point Pleasant hosts an eight session non credit watercolor course starting March 10 at 7 p.m. Sponsored by West Virginia University it is taught by Mrs. W G Schepman of South Charleston. The class runs Wednesdays in the Point Pleasant home economics building through April 28 with a $12 to $18 fee based on enrollment. Enrollment through the Cooperative Extension Office Box 402 Point Pleasant phone 675 3710.
State Police arrested 43 year old For est Johnson of West Columbia on a driving while intoxicated charge. Point Pleasant resident Marvin Wamsley aged 36 was arrested by city police on a drunk charge.
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